High school roundup Fossil Ridge volleyball team stays perfect with win against Fairview

Oct. 7, 2013

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The Fossil Ridge High School volleyball team continued its perfect season with a straight-sets home win against Fairview on Monday night.

Bridgette Lococo and Katelyn Schwartz each had 10 kills to help the SaberCats win 25-14, 25-18, 25-13.

Lococo also had four aces.

Fossil Ridge (13-0, 6-0 in Class 5A Front Range League) sits atop the league standings, and Fairview (6-6, 4-2 FRL) is fifth. The SaberCats have lost just two sets all year, and neither came against a league opponent.

Fossil Ridge dropped a set against Thompson Valley, a strong 4A team. The SaberCats also lost a set against defending 5A state champion Doherty.

Fossil Ridge hosts Horizon at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday.

LIBERTY COMMON 3, NEDERLAND 0: The Eagles have won five of their past eight games, and pushed themselves above .500 in 2A Mile High League play with a dominant win against Nederland.

Liberty Common (8-6, 4-3 in 2A Mile High League) won 25-17, 25-14, 25-12 over Nederland (3-12, 0-7 in 2A Mile High League),which sits near the bottom of the league standings.

Liberty Common plays Front Range Christian on the road at 6 p.m. Thursday.

BOYS SOCCER

POUDRE 2, MONARCH 1: The Impalas got two goals from Hector Rodriguez to hold off Monarch in a pivotal league match.

Rodriguez got his first goal in the 39th minute off a free kick. Monarch (2-5-1, 1-4 FRL) got the equalizer in the 65th before Rodriguez scored in the 70th on a through ball from Dylan Elder.

Poudre (8-2, 3-2 FRL) has gone 2-2 since starting the season 6-0. That start garnered the Impalas a No. 7 spot in the CHSAANow.com soccer poll a couple of weeks ago.

Now, every city team sits ahead of Poudre in the FRL standings. The Impalas face Horizon on the road at 4 p.m. Tuesday.